Most who read my posts become very aware that I don't tend to sugar coat anything.

Maybe that is because I have been dealing with Diabetes my entire life. My Parents, Grandparents, Great-Grandparents, Uncles/Aunts and cousins all have/had diabetes, at least the overwhelming majority of them, so if you are a "normal" member of the family, you likewise have Diabetes.

It didn't mean your life was over. It didn't mean that you life was limited, it was simply a genetic trait no different then… read more

Today I have decided to put together a jumble of facts about diabetes mostly for entertainment purposes – mostly useless trivia.

These will primarily be statistics so you can see how you measure up.

45% - the percentage of Diabetics that have an A1C “above” 7.0

This one surprised me a little given all the new drugs on the market and their availability – sounds a touch high to me since it is almost 1 out 2 that are essentially “not controlled”

537 Million – the number of “diagnosed”… read more

The other day I was watching some show, characters were all excited when one said “Slow Down – you need to manage your expectations”.

I got thinking - does this apply to Diabetics?

The day we get our Diagnosis our Life changes Forever.

I see many who seem to think their next 10, 20 or 30 years have gone down the drain now that they are “Diabetic”.

Whether we choose to ignore it, jump right in with both feet or settle somewhere in the middle Diabetes will be with us for the rest of our days… read more

Everyone here lives in a well developed country with decent medical systems in place.

So how is it that a Type 2 that has been dealing with the disease for about 6 years, who has seen multiple doctors and is now seeing yet another for a (known) Diabetic Complication (Frozen Shoulder) that they have NO CLUE what a Carb is?

I spent an hour today talking to this individual in person. I was asked if I would spend a bit of time with them to give some "basic information".

They were diagnosed 6… read more

Apart from anything else it’s too vague and woolly a statement to have any meaning.

I got Cervical Myelopathy in 2002 and was told by the neurologist that I’d “be in a wheelchair in two years”. Now if I wasn’t so resilient I might have given up at that moment and resigned myself to my fate. Instead I lost 3 stone (42lbs) to bring me back to the normal weight category. I also walk a lot and go to the gym where the back extension machine keeps my spine in good shape.

It’s not that I’m saying… read more

Thanks (mostly) to Diabetes UK, this a list of diseases and our risk of developing them.

I left out Peripheral Neuropathy, Retinopathy or Dementia which ARE common in Type 2 (T2)

So here goes:

Celiac Disease – a gluten triggered autoimmune disease with NO LINK to T2

Thyroid Disease – both Hyper/Hypo disorders - MORE Common in T2

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) – effects almost 10% of women – PCOS can trigger T2 but T2 does NOT cause PCOS

Diabetic Cheiroarthropathy – (ya, I can’t pronounce… read more

All of us here have either been diagnosed with Diabetes or have someone close to us that have been given the news

So what is the "criteria" that separates us from Joe or Jane SugerEater?

Currently it is simply having an A1C, above 6.5% (47.5 mmol's in the IFCC scale) "twice in a row" measured 90 days apart

That's it, that's all - that "test" is all that is required for the Doc to determine "You have Diabetes"

No matter what you do after that, no matter how you control your blood sugar - no… read more

So today twice before supper and now 2 hrs post bedtime snack, blood sugar finger prick I am at 5.2, what I ate 2 hrs ago should have brought my sugar up by now, as Endo prefers I go to bed with sugar levels around or above 6.0 (108). Yet after supper I was at 8.2 (148) for about only 15 min, this was done on purpose as Endo told me to have more Carbs before a walk so I do not drop, well I went down to 5.2 (94) finger prick after the 30 min walk. Now this evening my problematic tooth and gum… read more